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On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Jan 28, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
Slayer statutes are laws that block a person from receiving an inheritance when that person murders whom he or she stands to inherit from. The laws also set out what should happen to the planned estate distribution in this event. Slayer statutes have been in the news...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Jan 23, 2015 | Estate Planning
The rich and famous have access to the best lawyers in the country, so it always comes as a surprise when celebrities end up having error-ridden estate plans. Here are two recent examples of this: When Robin Williams passed away in August, he left behind three...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Jan 15, 2015 | Estate Planning
If you have already have an estate plan in place, that’s great. It means you have taken the time out of your busy life to plan for something we would all rather not think about: our eventual death. However, if it has been a few years since you put your estate...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Jan 7, 2015 | Wills
Many people mistakenly believe that a will is all they need in their estate plan. However, there are many other issues that need to be addressed in order to make sure that you maximize the assets that you will pass down to your chosen beneficiaries. Here is a brief...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Jan 2, 2015 | Trusts
Special needs trusts are now not the only way assets can be saved for a disabled beneficiary while allowing the beneficiary to remain eligible for government assistance programs such as Social Security and Medicaid. Last month, President Obama signed the Achieving a...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Dec 18, 2014 | Estate Administration & Probate
In the estate planning world, probate is sometimes referred to as a necessary evil. While the process can be long and costly, it is sometimes needed to make sure that an estate is divided how the decedent intended. Essentially, probate manages the transferring of a...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Dec 11, 2014 | Estate Administration & Probate
In estate planning, we talk a lot about heirs. That’s because a huge part of estate planning has to do with establishing who will inherit a person’s assets upon his or her death and how those assets will be passed down from there. Decades ago,...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Dec 3, 2014 | Trusts
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal pointed out that Massachusetts is one of the country’s few “kitchen sink” states. No, that has nothing to do with cooking or even kitchens, for that matter; it has to do with how property is divided during...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Nov 25, 2014 | Wills
If you know anything about estate planning, you have probably heard the term “executor” before. And you may even know that an executor is in charge of handling a person’s estate according to their last will and testament. But you probably...
On Behalf of Cushing & Dolan, P.C. | Nov 19, 2014 | Wills
This is a question that is frequently asked to estate planning lawyers, and the answer is no. Parents are not legally required to leave anything to their children. If an unmarried parent dies without a will, the rules of intestacy would result in all of the...
